keeping them honest, we wanted to know why. after his speech to the high speed rail association, we were given a brief interview with outgoing secretary of transportation, ray lahood. i m wondering after four years and $12 billion spent, if you re disappointed at where high speed rail is. where is the high speed rail? the high speed rail in four years, we have invested $12 billion. that s just the federal money. reporter: but so much of the money has been spent really making the old trains go a little bit faster. 110 is pretty fast. reporter: seattle to portland, you spent $108 million and the trip time is reduced by ten minutes. i think people like the investments we re making. there is so much enthusiasm in america for high speed rail. we have been at it four years. we have invested $12 billion. we have seen these investments get trains to higher speeds. we have seen these investments improve service. we have seen these investments improve on-time service to the
slow trains a little faster. keeping them honest, we wanted to know why. after his speech to the high speed rail association, we were given a brief interview with outgoing secretary of transportation, ray lahood. i m wondering after four years and $12 billion spent, if you re disappointed at where high speed rail is. where is the high speed rail? the high speed rail in four years, we have invested $12 billion. that s just the federal money. reporter: but so much of the money has been spent really making the old trains go a little bit faster. 110 is pretty fast. reporter: seattle to portland, you spent $108 million and the trip time is reduced by ten minutes. i think people like the investments we re making. there is so much enthusiasm in america for high speed rail. we have been at it four years. we have invested $12 billion. we have seen these investments get trains to higher speeds. we have seen these investments improve service. we have seen these investments improve on-ti
speed rail association, we were given a brief interview with outgoing secretary of transportation, ray lahood. i m wondering after four years and $12 billion spent, if you re disappointed at where high speed rail is. where is the high speed rail? the high speed rail in four years, we have invested $12 billion. that s just the federal money. reporter: but so much of the money has been spent really making the old trains go a little bit faster. 110 is pretty fast. reporter: seattle to portland, you ve spent $800 million, and the trip time is reduced by ten minutes. i think people like the investments we re making. there is so much enthusiasm in america for high speed rail. we have been at it four years. we have invested $12 billion. we have seen these investments get trains to higher speeds. we have seen these investments improve service. we have seen these investments improve on-time service to the point where now amtrak is at an all-time ridership high.